Adam Lambert didn't win "American Idol." But he sure came close, and with his glam rocker edge and amazing skills, he's sure to be a name we'll be hearing for a long time.
Adam recently participated in a conference call with members of the press. Here's what he had to say, from the constant chatter about his sexuality to what tunes we'll here on his upcoming album.
Let’s say you do the whole summer tour thing; you come off tour or toward the end of the tour you get a nice fat offer to do a Broadway show. Would you jump on that or is your first priority right now to do a proper recording career?
I think my direction right now is to try to become a recording artist. I spent time doing the theater thing for a number of years. I’m not turning my back on it, but I’m definitely going in the other direction right now.
One of the coolest things you did was you made theatrical, which used to be a negative phrase, into a positive phrase. Can you expand on that a little bit on the importance of theatricality?
I think it’s just all in the name of good entertainment. First and foremost it is about the music, but it kind of packages it in a little bit more of a flashy, more interesting dynamic way, in my opinion. I think theatricality is just one way of performing. I don’t think it’s a better way or the way, but it’s my way.
How did it make you feel seeing Katie Perry have a jacket with your name on it?
Oh, my gosh, I was shocked and I was completely honored and I had this huge smile on my face the minute I saw it. I wasn’t prepared for that. I didn’t know she was going to do that so you can imagine my surprise.
Did you get to talk to her about it?
Afterward, yes. I gave her a bit hug. She’s really, really cool, very down-to-earth. She had some good advice for me. She said, “Just make sure that you keep your friends that you had before all this started around you and keep them close.”
Do you think all the talk about your sexual orientation had any impact on the voting?
Um, yeah, probably.
